http://www.moviereviewblog.net/2007/09/12/the-bourne-ultimatum-by-paul-greengrass/ itsvery Movie Review - independent film reviews Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:09:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.1 http://www.moviereviewblog.net/2007/09/12/the-bourne-ultimatum-by-paul-greengrass/#comment-11544 Wed, 24 Oct 2007 19:18:34 +0000 http://www.moviereviewblog.net/2007/09/12/the-bourne-ultimatum-by-paul-greengrass/#comment-11544 [...] Starting with a brief history of US-Saudi Arabian history and the detailed depiction of the terrorist attack, followed by the introduction of the main characters, you might think of The Kingdom as a political film. You might still think so following the slow build-up, but the action-film clichés are creeping in right away (”cowardish” and hesitant officials order to stay put, gung-ho “brave” FBI agents take matters in their own hands), and they are here to stay and rise their ugly heads until they finally take over completely. There is “CSI: Riyadh”, there is the mismatched cop team (Jamie Foxx and Ashraf Barhoum), the culture-clashing, the “heros on foreign and hostile territory”, and before you notice, you are deep in Rambo-country, the place where American revenge-, justice- and victory dreams come true, complete with Bourne-style “realistic” shaky camera to draw the audience in and give it a feeling of reality. [...] […] Starting with a brief history of US-Saudi Arabian history and the detailed depiction of the terrorist attack, followed by the introduction of the main characters, you might think of The Kingdom as a political film. You might still think so following the slow build-up, but the action-film clichés are creeping in right away (”cowardish” and hesitant officials order to stay put, gung-ho “brave” FBI agents take matters in their own hands), and they are here to stay and rise their ugly heads until they finally take over completely. There is “CSI: Riyadh”, there is the mismatched cop team (Jamie Foxx and Ashraf Barhoum), the culture-clashing, the “heros on foreign and hostile territory”, and before you notice, you are deep in Rambo-country, the place where American revenge-, justice- and victory dreams come true, complete with Bourne-style “realistic” shaky camera to draw the audience in and give it a feeling of reality. […]

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